Arr! I'm a Pirate

McKinley has been running around the house for months pretending to be a monster. She hides and jumps out and yells chasing us with her arms waving around like crazy. She was even calling herself "monsta McKinley". So, I thought, perfect, she can be a monster for Halloween. I even borrowed the cutest monster costume you've ever seen from a friend of mine. Well, I brought home the costume and McKinley loved it, until she had to put it on, then she HATED it! I was so bummed. So, we decided to take her to a costume shop and let her pick her costume. She picked out a really cute pirate. Seriously, she's the cutest pirate ever! Afterward we went to The District and did some trick or treating with her cousins. She had a ball!

Before they started

She loved checking out the other trick-or-treaters

Had to put this one in for Robbie, getting candy from a Ute bucket...made his day

After the haul was over...three VERY happy girls!

Pumpkin Patch

We made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch a few weeks ago and picked out our pumpkins. You may notice McKinley in her shorts....it has been really warm here this October; nice for everybody else, but the lady whose VERY pregnant (me) wouldn't mind a little cool down! Nana and Papa came to the pumpkin patch with us this year and also gave McKinley a pumpkin from their garden. Thanks for coming Nana and Papa, it was fun!

McKinley loved the smallest pumpkins

Enjoying the tractor again this year. Although, this year she did NOT want Daddy on the tractor with her. For all of you tractor lovers out there...we did find out that she prefers John Deer tractors over the others. Not being a tractor enthusiast I'm not sure if this is a good thing or bad thing, but nobody can accuse her of not having an opinion.

Here she is IN the wheel barrow

And pushing it because she really wanted a turn!

The day wouldn't be complete without a picture of her "Crazy Eyes"! This is what she's decided to call it when she pulls this face. It used to be her "Scary Face", but I secretly love that she renamed it her "Crazy Eyes". At least a few times a week I hear "Mom, take a picture of my crazy eyes!"

Longest Break Ever

I haven't blogged in a really long time. There is no use trying to catch up, so I'll just say this, we've had a lot of fun the last couple of months and been super busy. We finished off our basement and painted McKinley's new room and moved her in, set up the baby's room and let the dishes pile up far too often! We also took a couple of fun trips, hung out, went on lots of bike rides, walks, drew on the sidewalk and had a lot of family fun. Here are a few pictures of some of the things we did in August and September. I can't believe October is already half over!